BJP accuses Congress of threatening Yes Bank founder to buy 2 cr rupees painting from Priyanka Gandhi

New Delhi, April 24

The BJP has accused Congress of threatening Yes Bank co founder  Rana Kapoor to buy 2 crore rupees painting of M F Hussain from party General Secretary Priyanka  Gandhi Vadra.

Addressing media in New Delhi, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said that Kapoor wanted not to give two crore rupees for the painting but the then Ministers of the Congress government pressurized and threatened him to buy the painting.

He further alleged that when Congress was in power, members of the Gandhi family used to pressurise former Ministers for some of the paintings to be bought using the proceeds of crime. Mr. Bhatia said that Priyanka Gandhi should clear her stand on the issue.